Newtown police chief backs 'assault-weapons' ban

'We never like to think we’re going to be outgunned in any situation'

Published: 01/14/2013 at 10:10 AM

(NBC NEWS) NEWTOWN, Conn. – Police Chief Michael Kehoe has a message for the White House: “Ban assault weapons, restrict those magazines that so have so many bullets in them, shore up any loopholes in our criminal background checks,” he said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

As Vice President Joe Biden prepares to present his gun violence proposals to the White House this week, the residents of Newtown—including first responders and some families of the victims—are speaking out on gun policy for the first time.

“I was sickened. I was angry,” he said. “It was something I never could have imagined could have happened in any school in Newtown.”